A Rose For Emily Chords

by The Zombies
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All lyrics and backing vocals with accompanying chords and bass notes, full chord legend, tablature for the coda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8N42zOzNs.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
Capo: no capo
Author DiddyD [a] 15,207. Last edit on Sep 3, 2024

Chords

G
D
Fdim7
A/E
Ddim7
A/C#
Bm
Bm/E
E7
E7/D
A
Bb
F
C#dim7
Gdim7
D/F#
D/C
D/E
Bm7
A7
D/A
Dsus2/A
G#dim7/A
A4

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Song: A rose for Emily
Artist: The Zombies
Composer: Rod Argent
Album:  Odessey & oracle
 
Tabbed by DJ  26th Aug 2012
 
To hear the original track copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8N42zOzNs
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers.
 
G     = xx5433   E7     = 022130   D/F#     = xx4232
D     = xx0232   Bm7    = x24232   D/C      = x30232
Fdim7 = xx3434   E7/D   = xx0434  (D/E)     = xx2xxx
A/E   = xx2220   A      = x02220   A7       = x02020
Ddim7 = xx0101   Bb     = x13331   D/A      = x00232
A/C#  = x4222x   F      = 133211   Dsus2/A  = x00230
Bm    = x24432   C#dim7 = x4535x   G#dim7/A = x00101
Bm/E  = 024432   Gdim7  = xx5656   A4       = x02230
 
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[Verse 1]
G               D            Fdim7           A/E
  The summer is here at last,  ...the sky is overcast,
    Ddim7           A/C#           Bm    Bm/E E7
And no one brings a rose for Emi - ly,
G                   D
    She watches her flowers grow,
Fdim7                A/E
        While lovers come and go,
   Ddim7           A/C#           Bm
To give each other roses from her tree,
    E7/D           A
But not a rose for Emily
 
[Chorus]
Bb               F
Emily---------,  can't you see,
        (Emily,  can't you see?
 
        C#dim7          D
There's nothing you can do?
       (See--------     how the sun is..)
 
    Gdim7                 D/F#
           There's loving everywhere,
(...Shi-------------------ning again,
 
    Gdim7                 D    D/C    G
But none------------ for you------!
           (But none for you-------------!)
 
[Verse 2]
G                 D           (D)(D/E) Fdim7
    Her roses are fading now,
              A/E
She keeps her pride somehow,
       Ddim7              A/C#            Bm  Bm/E E7
That's all she has pro - tecting her from pain,
G            D           Fdim7             A/E
  And as the years go by, ...she will grow old and die
    Ddim7        A/C#            Bm7
The roses in her garden fade a - way,
    A/C#             Bm7     E7/D           A
Not one left for her grave,  not a rose for Emily
 
[Chorus]
Bb               F
Emily---------,  can't you see,
        (Emily,  can't you see?
 
        C#dim7          D
There's nothing you can do?
       (See--------     how the sun is..)
 
    Gdim7                 D/F#
           There's loving everywhere,
(...Shi-------------------ning again,
 
    Gdim7                 D    D/C    G
But none------------ for you------!
           (But none for you-------------!)
 
[Verse 3]
G                 D           (D)(D/E) Fdim7
    Her roses are fading now,
              A/E
She keeps her pride somehow,
       Ddim7              A/C#            Bm  Bm/E E7
That's all she has pro - tecting her from pain,
G            D           Fdim7             A/E
  And as the years go by, ...she will grow old and die
    Ddim7        A/C#            Bm7
The roses in her garden fade a - way,
    A/C#             Bm7     E7/D           A
Not one left for her grave,  not a rose for Emily
 
[Coda]
   A7                D/A    Dsus2/A G#dim7/A  A4 A
e|--------------|----2--0---------------1--|--------||
B|-----2--2--2--|----3--3--3-----0--3------|--3--2--||
G|-----0--0--0--|----2--2--2--1---------1--|--2-----||
D|-----2--2--2--|----------------0--3------|--2-----||
A|--0-----------|--0----------0------------|--0-----||
E|--------------|--------------------------|--------||
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17 comments
Oliver_White3
Beautiful song, very depressing but beautiful
+4
Igold
That makes sense! Rod Argents really is a genius. This tab is great btw!
+1
gidon.kaminer
This tab has the full lyrics, and is formatted extremely clearly and well.
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